Production Line Training Coordinator/Floor Lead

Production Line Training Coordinator / Floor Lead

Oct 21, 2026 · @chris

Position overview

The Training Coordinator / Floor Lead keeps the line running safely and on target while making sure every operator is trained, qualified and confident at their station. Half of the role is hands-on floor leadership: assigning stations, solving problems in real time and backing up the Management team. The other half is building the workforce: onboarding new hires, running cross-training and keeping training records audit-ready.

This is a working lead role. The person in it is expected to step onto the line, demonstrate the job correctly and fill in when needed.

Key responsibilities

Training and onboarding

• Deliver structured onboarding for new hires, covering plant orientation, safety rules, GMPs and station-specific job training.

• Train operators on each workstation using standard work instructions (SWIs) and a train-the-trainer or TWI Job Instruction method.

• Maintain a skills/cross-training matrix for the line and plan training so every critical station has at least [3] qualified operators.

• Observe and sign off on operator competency before anyone runs a station unsupervised; re-qualify after process changes.

• Keep training records complete and audit-ready for customer, regulatory and certification audits.

Floor leadership

• Help run pre-shift huddles covering safety, production targets, quality alerts and staffing.

• Assign operators to stations based on skills, training needs and rotation plans.

• Monitor line output against hourly targets and react quickly to downtime, bottlenecks or material shortages.

• Act as first point of contact for operator questions and escalate equipment, quality or personnel issues to the supervisor.

• Cover for the Production Management when they are absent, within delegated authority.

• Fill in on the line during breaks, call-offs or peak demand.

Safety and quality

• Model and enforce safe work practices, PPE requirements, lockout/tagout boundaries and housekeeping standards.

• Stop the line when a safety or quality risk is identified and lead first-response containment.

• Participate in incident and near-miss investigations and retrain employees as part of corrective action.

• Verify first-piece, in-process and changeover checks are completed and documented.

Continuous improvement

• Track trends in errors, scrap and downtime to find where training gaps are causing problems.

• Support 5S, Kaizen and other lean initiatives on the line.

• Collect operator feedback and suggest improvements to processes, layouts and work instructions.

Communication and documentation

• Report training progress, qualification status and upcoming needs to the supervisor weekly.

• Coach and give real-time feedback to operators; share performance observations with the supervisor.